Hegelian Metaphysics

Robert Stern

Ground-breaking essays by a leading Hegel scholar

Illuminates the development of philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries

Hegelian Metaphysics

Robert Stern

Description

The great German idealist philosopher G. W. F. Hegel has exerted an immense influence on the development of philosophy from the early 19th century to the present. But the metaphysical aspects of his thought are still under-appreciated. In a series of essays Robert Stern traces the development of a distinctively Hegelian approach to metaphysics and certain central metaphysical issues. The book begins with an introduction that considers this theme as a whole, followed by a section of essays on Hegel himself. Stern then focuses on the way in which certain key metaphysical ideas in Hegel's system, such as his doctrine of the 'concrete universal' and his conception of truth, relate to the thinking of the British Idealists on the one hand, and the American Pragmatists on the other. The volume concludes by examining a critique of Hegel's metaphysical position from the perspective of the 'continental' tradition, and in particular Gilles Deleuze.

Hegelian Metaphysics

Robert Stern

Table of Contents

Introduction: How is Hegelian Metaphysics Possible?Part One 1. Hegel's Idealism2. Did Hegel Hold an Identity Theory of Truth?3. Hegel's Doppelsatz: A Neutral ReadingPart Two 4. British Hegelianism: A Non-Metaphysical View?5. Hegel, British Idealism, and the Curious Case of the Concrete Universal6. Coherence as a Test for TruthPart Three 7. Hegel and Pragmatism8. Peirce on Hegel: Nominalist or Realist?9. Peirce, Hegel and the Category of Secondness10. Peirce, Hegel and the Category of Firstness11. James and Bradley on UnderstandingPart Four 12. Individual Existence and the Philosophy of Difference

Hegelian Metaphysics

Robert Stern

Author Information

Robert Stern is Professor of Philosophy at the University Sheffield. He came to the university in 1989, having been a graduate and Research Fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. He has published two books on Hegel, and is currently President of the Hegel Society of Great Britain.